Category Archives: Blog

East Bay Express, 27 Jul 2011 – Meanwhile, the DEA Declares Cannabis Has No Medical Value. Public health researchers say the federal government is slowing the search for cures to breast, colon, prostate, and brain cancer, as well as Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s, and HIV because the research involves pot.

Snoqualmie Valley Record, 19 Jul 2011 – She was 16 and already using meth, so why try heroin? Her boyfriend was using it, and wanted her to, but she wasn’t interested, until the day that her friends held her down and injected her with the opiate.

Washington City Paper, 04 Aug 2011 – In D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday, 36 people were scheduled to be arraigned for carrying marijuana. The alleged offenders were collared by police for marijuana possession in the latter half of July and the beginning of August, and faced up to six months in prison time and up […]

Kirkland Reporter, 27 Jul 2011 – The Kirkland City Council on July 19 enacted a six-month zoning moratorium that prohibits the licensing, establishment, maintenance, or continuation of any medical marijuana “collective garden” within city limits. The city’s actions are in response to amendments passed in this year’s legislative session to Washington’s existing medical marijuana law.

Kent Reporter, 19 Jul 2011 – Medical marijuana drew another standing room only crowd in the Kent City Council Chambers for a public hearing addressing the city’s moratorium on collective gardens and dispensaries. More than 150 people packed the chambers for the hearing with many more outside in the City Hall lobby.

Kennebec Journal, 04 Aug 2011 – AUGUSTA – Maine’s largest medical marijuana dispensary unexpectedly disclosed that the president of a prominent California dispensary chain is the point person for a new financing deal it says will allow them to open its first Maine dispensary “within weeks.” The Wellness and Pain Management Connection LLC was named […]

The Chico News & Review, 28 Jul 2011 – The Medical-Marijuana Law Will Allow for Two Dispensaries, but Police Say It Violates Federal Law Last week the Chico Police Officers Association (CPOA) sent a letter to the Chico City Council saying in no uncertain terms that police officers will not recognize the city’s recently adopted […]

Helena Independent Record, 04 Aug 2011 – The first participant in the new Treatment Court in Helena sobbed as she signed her contract. The judge dabbed away a few tears as well. Much time, effort and planning has gone into the Treatment Court, which will be used for defendants with alcohol- and drug-related felony offenses.

Montana Standard, 20 Jul 2011 – HELENA — In just a week, some 2,000 Montanans have signed petitions to let voters in 2012 decide the fate of the more restrictive medical marijuana law enacted this year, referendum backers said Tuesday. A group called Patients for Reform – Not Repeal recently launched a statewide campaign seeking […]

Appeal-Democrat, 28 Jul 2011 – Massive police raids targeting marijuana cultivation in the Mendocino National Forest continue nearly round-the-clock and arrest numbers are climbing. A total of 88 arrests have been made in the nearly two-week-old operation with more than 374,000 plants eradicated and 27 firearms – including many automatic weapons – have been seized, […]